# BASIS PETROLEUM, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1996 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `36732`
- **Case Number:** 06-1996-0445
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $75K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $80K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BASIS PETROLEUM, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 113 OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT ( CAA ), U.S.C. SECTION     7413.                                                     2. BASIS PETROLEUM, INC.                                        HWY. 197 & 14TH STREET                                       TEXAS CITY, TEXAS                                         3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTIONS 111 AND 110 OF       THE CAA BY 1) FAILING TO PROPERLY CONDUCT PERFORMANCE        UNDER 40 CFR SECTION 60.18, 2) HAVING 4 BLEEDER VALVES       OPEN WHILE TANK ROOF WAS FLOATING, 3) FAILING TO INSTALL     AND MAINTAIN A MONITOR FOR THE CONDENSER FOR TWS VOLATILE    ORGANIC COMPOUND STORGAE TANKS (SIP), 4) OPERATING THE       REFINERY'S OIL-WATER SEPARATOR WITHOUT THE REQUIRED CON-     TROLS, AND 5) FAILING TO INSTALL WATER SEAL CONTROLS ON      AT LEAST ONE INDIVIDUAL DRAIN SYSTEM IN THE METHYL TERT-     IARY BUTYL ETHER UNIT.                                    4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 113 OF THE CAA, EPA RE-    FERRED THE CASE TO DOJ FOR CIVIL ACTION. THE REFERRAL        SEEKS A CIVIL PENALTY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF REQUIRING THE    RESPONDENT TO COORECT THE VIOLATIONS.                     5. REFERRAL WAS SENT TO DOJ ON SEPT. 30, 1996.

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